Page 105 of The Merger
I laugh loud and free for the first time since we got back in the SUV. So much happened tonight, but we got through it. We’re getting through it.
Although the thought of getting through it scares the shit out of me, because it insinuates continuity, it gives me peace, too. It makes me … happy.
Gannon rewraps his arms around me. “You’re staying with me this weekend.”
“Was that a question?”
“No.”
“Well, I don’t have clothes, a toothbrush, or my vitamins. I also need my computer for a few things for work because I need to order some supplies for next week. Margot is having me swing by on Wednesday to show her how to care for her orchids.”
“Sounds like a blast.”
“I love orchids.” I smile. “But I’d love to stay the weekend with you if you can arrange for Gray to drop me off at home. I can get my stuff and drive the Gremlin to your house.”
“You and that fucking car.”
I lean up and pout. “That car is my ride or die.”
“Yeah, you can ride in it today until it dies tomorrow.”
“Don’t say that.”
“Carys, there’s a reason people don’t drive cars from the seventies.”
I smirk. “You’d look so hot driving it.”
“Never going to happen.”
“Please. Just around your driveway.”
“No.”
“Shirtless.” I moan. “Let me video it and I’ll do something for you. We’ll trade favors.”
He pulls me against him, burying his head in the crook of my neck until I squirm.
The security curtain descends, and the music is turned down. Gray glances back in the rearview mirror as we roll to a stop at a light.
“Mr. Brewer?” he asks.
“Can you take us to Carys’s, please? She needs to get a few things.”
“Address?”
“It’s 3086 Aviana Drive.”
I grin. “Ooh, that’s good. You didn’t know my name the first time you saw me in Tate’s office, but now you just rattle off my address like it’s nothing? Victory is mine.”
He looks away, trying not to smile.
“What?”
“Nothing.”
“No, what?”
He rolls his eyes. “Like I didn’t know your name.”
